Edward Byars Harding Sr., 80

An electronics technician with AEDC and a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and Korean War and in the Merchant Marines.

The son of Walter Park and Annie Lee Byars Harding, he is survived by his wife, Mary Vernell Standefer Harding; son, Byars Harding Jr. of McMinnville; brother, Walter Parker Harding of Eugene, Ore.; halfbrother, John Kenneth Jones of McMinnville; and halfsister, Doris Ann Grandy of Louisville.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at High?s Chapel with burial following at Cagle Cemetery in Sequatchie County. Military graveside rites will be administered by VFW Post 5064 and American Legion Post 173.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.